Middlesbrough vs Crystal Palace Match Prediction

By Bharath Ramm R

Crystal Palace will take a huge amount of confidence from the draw with Arsenal, as the Eagles snatched a point from the jaws of defeat. Middlesbrough have been quite resilient in recent weeks with the loss against Nottingham Forest witnessing the only disappointing performance from Tony Pulis’ men. The Riverside Stadium has not witnessed a victory in more than a month. Crystal Palace may struggle with the threat of relegation but such teams do tend to do well in the League Cup. Palace have played both rounds of the League Cup in away games. I would opt for a Palace victory.

Middlesbrough have scored one goal in the last four games at the Riverside Stadium. Tony Pulis has never been a manager to seek plenty of goals from his team, but he will be disappointed with the outcome. Roy Hodgson’s men have scored one goal from open play in the last month of action. I would opt for under 2.5 goals in this match.

Crystal Palace win – 6/5

Total goals under 2.5 – 7/10

Middlesbrough saw over 1.5 goals in 8 out of their last 10 games played

Crystal Palace saw over 1.5 goals in 9 out of their last 10 games played